Two days shy of his 40th birthday, Rodriguez hits 3 bombs & now has 23 homers -- his most in a season since he hit 30 in 2010.

Rodriguez carried the Yanks with the 5th three-homer game of his career Saturday night, including a game-tying drive in the ninth inning off closer Glen Perkins, to rally for an 8-5 victory over the Twins.

Rodriguez celebrated his 40th birthday by hitting another home run for his 24th of the season and his fourth in his last two games. He joined Ty Cobb, Rusty Staub and Gary Sheffield as the only players with home runs before their 20th birthday and on or after their 40th.

Rodriguez's first career home run was hit as a 19-year-old on June 12, 1995.

The Yankees will hold a news conference today with Alex Rodriguez at 10 a.m. Central and it will stream live on MLB.com, The club has not confirmed whether the news conference will address Rodriguez's role on the team for the remainder of this season.

Brilliant bit of accounting by the Yankees. I bet ya'll two syringes and half a bottle of Andro that A-Rod's front office deal is worth approximately $21M and whatever left he's owed in 2016. By moving that deal into the front office though, they don't have to pay luxury tax on it.

No ........... Cashman addressed this specifically in presser ............. ARod gets his player contract paid exactly as written. Advisory/Instructor agreement separate & independent - and not binding. He even mentioned "the other 29 clubs will get every penny of Luxury Tax they're owed" and that ARod will get his full Release on Friday & will "go home". Advisory deal is directly between him & Hal Steinbrenner & any instructional role he ends up doing for them will begin next Spring Training and/or occur on-demand in the interim in Tampa at their instructional facilities.

Among the most famous deferred payments is the $1.2 million that former player Bobby Bonilla is due every year starting in 2011 and running through 2035. Total: $29 million, according to Spotrac. Bonilla last played in 2001.

chevyman58 wrote:Among the most famous deferred payments is the $1.2 million that former player Bobby Bonilla is due every year starting in 2011 and running through 2035. Total: $29 million, according to Spotrac. Bonilla last played in 2001.